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Climate Change Law in New York Bridges Partisan Divide
Republicans and Democrats, environmentalists and the business community, get behind the groundbreaking bill.
Palestine: The Pulse of Third World Revolt
As bombs drop on Gaza yet again, people across the world are turning to the streets in the tens of thousands to express solidarity with the Palestinians.
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Poor Polls and Obama’s Missed Opportunity
What if President Obama had rejected conventional political advice and pushed for a new New Deal? What if an effective nonaligned left had pushed for such a program, economist …
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Time to Stop Criminalizing Immigrants
Last week US authorities began to place ankle bracelets on a few newly arrived immigrants. This represents a continuation of the criminalization and punishment of immigrants. The root causes …
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Against Forgetting: “The Phoenix Program” and the Awakening of Historical Memory
Douglas Valentine's “The Phoenix Program,” republished as the first in a series of repressed, forgotten books, shows the continuity between the CIA's secret war against civilians in Vietnam and …
As Palestinians Go to ICC, Human Rights Watch Alleges Israeli War Crimes for Shooting Fleeing Gazans
Human Rights Watch accused Israeli soldiers of shooting and killing fleeing civilians in Gaza, citing interviews with seven Palestinians in the village of Khuza'a.
Economic Update: From Bad Loans to Taxing the Property of the Wealthy
Updates on the Pentagon's overpayments; mortgages tilting toward the rich; the subprime car loan bubble; and silence about intangible property tax.
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Is Google the New Sheriff in Town?
When Google acts essentially as an arm of law enforcement, it raises some big questions about privacy and security in a world where pretty much everyone communicates on some …
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The Crime of Defending Oneself Against Homophobia
The list of homophobic and transphobic murders available on Wikipedia is far from complete.
Brutal Treatment of Kids at Rikers Island Jail “Inspired by Lord of the Flies,” Says DOJ
Adolescents at the New York City jail are routinely subjected to physical abuse at the hands of guards and other inmates.